Each year I like to go back and revisit all the art I made and choose my ten favorites from the group (You can see my Five Favorite Holiday Cards of 2019 here) … here are my favorites in no particular order. I found it a little challenging to narrow down the group this year, which I suppose is a good thing … here's to another year of creating projects I love.
1. This card was for the January Blog Hop with My Sweet Petunia and My Favorite Things. I loved designing for My Sweet Petunia … and how the various blog hops often pushed me out of my comfort zone. I also loved being able to incorporate my Gel Press prints into cards … this one did both. I want to do more smaller prints this year.
2. I took a fused glass class in February from a new Instructor and really enjoyed the experience. He held the class in his home studio in his basement, so I got more hands-on experience with things than I did in the professional studio. I loved this cool dichroic glass bracelet, earrings and pendants that I made. It was a bright light in the midst of our home flooding due to frozen pipes next door and the subsequent weeks of repair.
3. I love the texture and variety in this card for the SplitCoast Stampers Inspiration Challenge. I love collecting vintage items … but I love using them on my cards even more.
4. This card for the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Ombre Challenge still makes me laugh … so grateful for Ink Road Stamps … and clean & simple monochromatic designs.
5. I loved taking a class from Alexandra Renke at JunkieFest and getting to design with her gorgeous products this year. I also love that I was able to incorporate my Gel Press prints into this design.
6. Grateful to have had another year designing for Technique Junkies … I loved how this paper-pieced dogwood card with Shimmering Bliss Sprays turned out … the Dogwood is the state tree of Missouri, so it always reminds me of the arrival of Spring during my childhood.
7. This card was for a Stamping Friends Trifecta with My Sweet Petunia, Gina K. Designs and Picket Fence Studios. I was so grateful to have the opportunity to design for My Sweet Petunia and all of the other great companies that partnered with our team … such a blessing (and I adore Gina K.'s cardstock and colors).
8. Love this card made with the Inspiration Colors from Butterfly Reflections Ink … and great stamps from Avery Elle … this card still make me happy.
9. This card was created as a Guest Designer for the Feeling Sketchy Challenge Blog and combined digital images with the coloring techniques that I learned from Kathy Racoosin at JunkieFest … loved how combining coloring with markers and pencils turned out.
10. This card was made for a Guest Designer as Die Cuts With a View Sketch Challenge … I love how all of the papers and stamps work together in this design.
Here's to another year of fun in the studio.